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ἶρις

ἶρις, rainbow; iris of the eye

ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ, Thphr. CP 6.11.13, also εως Androm. ap. Gal. 14.43, POxy. 1088.34 (i A.D.), Gp. 6.8.1; acc. ἶριν Michel l.c., Plu. QConv. 2.664e, ἴριδα Nic. Al. 406; Ep. dat. pl. ἴρισσιν (v. infr.):—
    • Appellat., rainbow, δράκοντες . ., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων Il. 11.27, cf. Arist. Mete. 375a1, Epicur. Ep. 2 p.51 U.
      • 2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, Arist. Mete. 375a18; halo of candle, Thphr. Sign. 13; round the eyes of a peacockʼs tail, Luc. Dom. 11; the iris of the eye, Ruf. Onom. 24, [Gal.] 14.702; also, section through the ciliary region, Gal. UP 10.2.
      • 3 iridescent garment, Michel l.c.
      • 4 various species of the botanical genus iris, e.g. the purple Iris, I. germanica or pallida, εὐάνθεμον ἶριν AP 4.1.9 (Mel.); τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας Arist. Col. 796b26, cf. Plin. HN 21.40; also, the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which the orris-root of commerce is made, Thphr. HP 1.7.2, CP 6.11.13, etc.; ἶρις Ἰλλυρική Dsc. 1.1, cf. Plin. HN 13.14: in this sense some wrote it oxyt. ἰρίς, ίδος, Eust. 391.33, Sch. Nic. l.c.
      • 5 a precious stone, Plin. HN 37.136.

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